Depois de ter terminado com o The Jam, um dos maiores sucessos da música inglesa, Paul Weller resolve mudar o rumo de sua carreira artística, isso por volta de 1982. Weller resolve trabalhar com sons mais ligados ao soul, ao jazz, e à música negra americana, coisas que ele achava que não cabiam em uma perfomance de uma banda punk. Por isso, em 1983, junto com o tecladista Mick Talbot, também saído de outra banda mod, a The Merton Parkas, cria o Style Council.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Written by Paul Weller Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Recorded at Solid Bond Studios, London, 1988. From the LP 'Confessions Of A Pop Group' (Polydor, 1988)
I'm a fool to myself when I think now, I believed in the why but didn't know how. And now I don't fit with no place to go, Only down in a comical show.
B/F#C#m All of the promises and all the dreams, F#E Couldn't put humpty back on his feet. B/F#C#m All the queens horses and all the queens guards, D#mF# Couldn't put money back in the yards.
C#m I'm on the move about to stay, always old in a very young way. (x4)
F#mC#m (x2)
C#m (instrumental verse)
All of the promises and all the dreams, Couldn't put Humpty back on his feet, All the Queen's horses and all the Queen's guards, Couldn't put money back in the yards.
There's better ways of losing your pride, Than waiting in queues for a cheque at a time. But I've been taught that it's me whose the ponce, And I can only act as I've been taught to respond.
But there's better ways to make ends meet, Than shuffling through life dead on your feet. But here we are and there they stay, With their very small handouts in a very big way.
N.C.
N.C. (C#m) I'm on the move, about to stay, always old in a very young way. (x10)